stall
/stɔl/ noun B1- A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
- A stable; a place for cattle.
- A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
- A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.
- A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.
- A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
- An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
- A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
Plural stalls
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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A BULL was striving with all his might to squeeze himself through a narrow passage which led to his stall.
Morcerf, like most other young men of rank and fortune, had his orchestra stall, with the certainty of always finding a seat in at least a dozen of the principal boxes occupied by persons of his acquaintance; he had, moreover, his right of entry into the omnibus box.
Château-Renaud rented a stall beside his own, while Beauchamp, as a journalist, had unlimited range all over the theatre.
Upon reaching their stalls, they found the whole of the audience in the parterre standing up and directing their gaze towards the box formerly possessed by the Russian ambassador.
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